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Beleaguered former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who faces the charge of money laundering, on Friday apprehended threat to his life and played the tribal card alleging he was being harassed because of his tribal identity.

"There is threat to my life. There is a conspiracy to annihilate me. I am a victim of conspiracy. I know who are doing all this. Whatever being published in the media is baseless," Koda told newsmen just before entering Chaibasa, about 250 km from Ranchi.

"I am being harassed as I am a tribal belonging to a poor family," said Koda who was without any security.

Koda said he was heading towards his Jagannathpur assembly constituency for electioneering and not to his paternal home near here.

Asked whether he had informed the IT and ED, the former chief minister said he had sent a letter to both the agencies seeking permission to leave home in Ranchi.

The IT department officials are tightlipped as to how Koda left home as it had claimed earlier that his interrogation was on.

ED summons Koda on Nov 19

Fresh summons have been issued by the Enforcement Directorate to the former Jharkhand chief minister to appear before it in Ranchi on November 19, a New Delhi report said.

Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate will soon issue notices to over five banks asking for records in connection with its probe into alleged multi-crore hawala and illegal investments case against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda. WATCHVIDEO: Koda aide put Rs 640 cr in bank

Sources said the notices are been issued to banks where Koda and his associates had opened accounts to "carry out their nefarious activities".

The Directorate will also inform the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) about the accounts as the banks had "failed" to inform it about the suspicious accounts which saw transactions worth several hundred crores, they said.

As per the laid down rules, banks are supposed to inform the FIU about suspicious accounts which see a large amount of money transfers on a frequent basis.

Sources said though, all accounts held by Koda and his associates were of suspicious nature, the banks had "failed" to detect them and duly inform the relevant authorities.

As per the legal provisions, the banks can be slapped with a penalty of Rs one lakh each for failing to inform the FIU about suspicious accounts.

Vikash admitted to Koda's financial network, say ED sources

Koda's close associate Vikash Sinha is said to have spilled the beans about the alleged illicit network.

ED sources said Sinha, who was brought to the national capital from Jharkhand on November 8, has admitted to large financial irregularities done by him and his brother Binod at the behest of Koda.

During questioning Vikash had admitted to using an alloy making firm to route Koda's illicit money through hawala network, the sources said.

They said he has also admitted about taking about Rs 40 crore in cash to Kolkata for illicit investments on behest of his brother, who was another close associate of the former chief minister.

Union Bank CMD summoned

The Income Tax department will on Monday question the Union Bank of India CMD why the bank did not do the due diligence while accepting deposits of more than Rs 991 crore from an alleged frontman of the former Jharkhand Chief Minister.

Sources said the bank's Chairman and Managing Director M V Nair had been summoned by the tax sleuth's Mumbai office, accusing the bank of being negligent and not acting when crores were being deposited.

According to the guidelines set by the Reserve Bank of India, banks are supposed to raise an alarm or ask for specific details if more than Rs 50,000 is deposited in an account, the sources said.

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